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WINNER OF THE LAUGH OUT LOUD AWARDS AND THE PEOPLE'S BOOK PRIZE Joshua Seigal, winner of the 2020 and 2023 Laugh Out Loud Book Awards (the only UK prize for funny children's books voted for entirely by children), brings his raucous humour, creativity...

Read the thrilling debut from the multi-award winning Waterstones Children's Laureate 2022-2024 Joseph Coelho. Do not talk about Werewolf Club! You can howl about it But never talk. Do not walk to Werewolf Club! You can bound to it in moonlight But never...

"A must read" - Marcus Rashford MBE.A New York Times Bestseller.From two heavy-hitters in children's literature comes a biographical novel of seismic cultural importance...Before he was a household name, Cassius Clay was a kid with struggles like any...

The ultimate nursery rhyme collection - a perfect gift to treasure and share.From well-known favourites to hidden gems, this collection of over 250 nursery rhymes (originally published as the Mother Goose Treasury) has something for every child.Beautiful...

A wonderfully illustrated and sumptuous collection of nursery rhymes for all ages, including many favourite rhymes as well as some that will be a delightful discovery. Originally published as The Cat and the Fiddle in 2011, this edition includes a new...

All Things Bright and Beautiful All Creatures Great and Small All Things Wise and Wonderful The Lord God Made Them All Rich with imagery and full of wonder at God's creation, this hymn has travelled down the generations and remains well-loved both...

How to Write Poems is packed with exciting activities to get your pen flowing! Make poems out of leaves, carve out a mud poem, go on an outdoors simile hunt, and play poetry games in the playground. Whether you already write poems, you've never...

Want to travel in a rocket? Search for a grumpy dragon? Make your very own monster? Visit a higgledy-piggledy farm? Well, hop into Zim Zam Zoom - for fun and adventures galore! Colours, animals, space, music, fairytale...

Carol Ann Duffy, appointed Poet Laureate in 2009, has chosen her favourite poems for children for this stunning collection of classic and modern verse, exquisitely illustrated by multi-award-winning illustrator Emily Gravett.Featuring such classic poems...

All About Cats is a collection of hilarious rhymes . . . all about cats! These short, funny rhymes are brought to life with illustrations from Axel Scheffler, the bestselling illustrator of The Gruffalo. Cats are sleek, and cats are slick. They read, and...

Crazy Mayonnaisy Mum is packed with all sorts of poems and rhymes including a sequence of number rhymes, action rhymes, noisy rhymes and more thoughtful pieces too.If tigerlilies and dandelions growled,And cowslips mooed, and dogroses howled,And...

Crazy Mayonnaisy Mum is packed with all sorts of poems and rhymes including a sequence of number rhymes, action rhymes, noisy rhymes and more thoughtful pieces too.If tigerlilies and dandelions growled,And cowslips mooed, and dogroses howled,And...

Read about the Land of Blue, where it's OK to feel sad, find ideas for what to do with worries or how to slow down when your head is full of hurry. Give yourself time to chill out, find quiet voices in noisy places and discover kindness in yourself and...

In this fantastic collection, Waterstones Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho shows us that poems are made to read OUT LOUD! In this wittily illustrated anthology of poems, designed to be read aloud, twenty poems arm children with techniques for lifting...

From Paul Cookson comes 100 Brilliant Poems For Children, featuring the best of the absolute best. The essential poems for every child to read and enjoy.Essential poems for children, compiled by bestselling poet Paul CooksonAbout the AuthorPaul Cookson...

Bake a weird cake, pay a visit to the Deep, and get some inspiration for your very own word hoard! Anything is possible in the world of Cloud Soup, Kate Wakeling's collection of poems for children. Quieter poems sit alongside riotously funny ones in...

Powerful poems for positive thinking! 2023 City Kids Green Awards Winner This collection of 50 poems will inspire confidence and courage, help children to overcome worries and spread kindness. ...

Winner of the Waterstones Children's Gift of the Year 2018, this lavish poetry collection is a perfect present for any age. I Am the Seed That Grew the Tree: A Nature Poem For Every Day Of The Year, named after the first line of Judith Nicholls' poem...

WINNER OF THE 2020 LAUGH OUT LOUD AWARDS Packed full of stupendously silly, fantastically funny and hysterically hilarious poems, this brilliant anthology is edited by dynamic poet, Joshua Seigal. Featuring a diverse range of contributors and some...

Cosmo is a young boy whose life has been changed forever, after falling out of the tree he loved to climb. Now, Cosmo is disabled and uses a wheelchair. Now, Cosmo wants to have a conversation with the tree. In this outstanding debut collection for...

'The cat himself knows and will never confess...'To celebrate Old Possum's 75th anniversary we have commissioned lively new illustrations from Rebecca Ashdown for T. S. Eliot's original book of Practical Cats. Featuring Macavity, the Mystery Cat; Mr...

A spectacular advent calendar book filled with festive poems, hidden surprises and a magical fold-out frieze!Count down to Christmas with well-loved poets, including Ogden Nash, Nikki Giovanni, John Agard and Christina Rossetti and joyful artwork from...

If you are a dreamer, come in, If you are a dreamer, A wisher, a liar, A hope-er, a pray-er, A magic bean buyer . . . Come in . . . for where the sidewalk ends, Shel Silverstein's world begins. You'll meet a boy who turns into a TV set, and a girl who ...

So, turn the handle, Unlock the door, Travel through, And look upon All those different variations of you. Miracles is an inspiring collection of poems for young people from Connor Allen, Children's Laureate Wales 2021-2023. 'Empathetic and...

This delightful rhyming picture book follows a family as they explore London, one of the world's most famous capital cities!Come! Board the London Bus and see the London sights with us. At any time, hop off, explore! Then climb back on, and ride some...

Shadows on the wallNoises down the hallLife doesn't frighten me at all Maya Angelou's brave, defiant poem celebrates the courage within each of us, young and old. From the scary thought of panthers in the park to the unsettling scene of a new classroom,...

A beautiful collection of poems about the highs and lows of one week in a secondary school, where everything happens all at once.Winner of the CLiPPA poetry award.Zooming in across our cast of characters, we share moments that span everything from hoping...

Do you know why the Moon's so dry and yet our world is wet? Immerse yourself in the wonderful world of water and discover the story of H20 from its very beginning. Engaging, informative poetry flows over the pages and stunning illustrations bring this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Beehive Awards (Poetry) 2015 and Children's Book Committee Award (Poetry) 2013. Commended for Cybils (Poetry) 2012.Book InformationISBN 9781426310096Author J...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781802584073Author Jason KorsnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 36Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg LimitedDimensions(mm) 250mm * 250mm * 5mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Buckeye Children's Book Award (Grades K-2) 2012.Book InformationISBN 9780061998164Author Shel SilversteinFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint HarperCollins...

A collection of poems about school and friends - some familiar favourites and some brand new poems to excite young readers. Michael Rosen's humorous insights into children's lives make this a wonderfully accessible collection, with full colour...

A collection of poems about school and friends - some familiar favourites and some brand new poems to excite young readers. Michael Rosen's humorous insights into children's lives make this a wonderfully accessible collection, with full colour...

Exam Board: AQA Level: GCSE Grade 9-1 Subject: English Suitable for the 2024 exams Complete coverage of...

This stunning hardback gift book is the perfect pocket-sized stocking-filler for everyone on your list.A Poem for Every Day of Christmas is a splendid collection of thirty-one poems, compiled by award-winning anthologist Allie Esiri, to take you through...

*Indie Book of the Month* A compendium of poetry prompts from Joseph Coelho (Children's Laureate 2022-2024). Each fun and engaging prompt for writing a poem helps children discover how to write poems and then read them out loud. This is a book to build...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486273013Author Robert Louis StevensonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486273013Author Robert Louis StevensonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

A beautiful paperback edition of Charles Causley's Collected Poems for Children with a foreword by poet Roger McGough and illustrated with line art by John Lawrence. This Macmillan Classics edition is a special gift to treasure, and the perfect start to...

An interactive board book edition Clement C Moore's classic poem, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas.The snow is falling, everyone is tucked up in bed, and Father Christmas is on the way . . .Little ones can push, pull and slide the pages to see reindeers...